Clasp hanger for garments



Feb- 3, v1959 vH. sHRoM 2,872,089

CLASP HANGER FOR GARMENTS Filed oct. 18, 1955 2 sheets-sheet 1 IN VEN TOR. ARRY SHR'oM Mme/vif Feb. 3, 1959 H. sHRoM 2,872,089

CLASP HANGER FOR GARMENTS 'Filed oct. 18, 1955 2 sheets-sheer 2 IN V EN TOR. HARRY SHRoM United States Patent n 2,872,089 Patented Feb. 3, 1959 'ice 2,852,089 j CLASP HANGER FOR GARMENTS Harry Shrom, Flushing, N. Y. Application October 18, 1955, Serial No. 541,167 4 Claims. (Cl. 223-93) This invention relates to new and useful improvements in garment hangers and, more particularly, to hangers especially suitable for hanging a ladys garment.

A principal object of the present invention is to provide a hanger that will support a garment in orderly fashion without injury to the garment.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hanger of this kind that is adapted to engage the garment at various selected points thereon to prevent the garment from slipping oi of the hanger.

Another object of the invention is to provide a garment lhanger which is readily manipulated.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. l is a side elevational view of a garment hanger made in accordance with one form of the invention, one of the end clasping devices being shown in operative position and the other in inoperative position.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof.

Fig. 3 is an end view thereof.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the plane of the line 4 4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the plane of the line 5-5 of Fig. l.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the center clasp.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a garment hanger em bodying a modified form of the invention.

Fig. 8 is a side elevational view of a garment hanger embodying a further modified form of the invention.

Fig. 9 is a top plan View thereof.

Fig. l() is an enlarged sectional view taken on the plane of the line 10-10 of Fig. 9.

Fig. 11 is a similar view to Fig. 4 but showing a still further modification of the invention.

The invention broadly consists of a supporting bar with a tiltable clasping device at each end thereof for clasping the top sides of a garment, such as a ladys dress, and desirably an elongated depending clamping device midway the ends of the bar for lifting the sagging top center of the garment. Spring means are provided for urging the end clasping devices to effective clasping condition, and simple sliding means are provided for moving the center clamping device to clamping condition.

Referring in detail to Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive, showing the first form of the invention, the garment hanger shown herein comprises an elongated curved bar 15, rectangular in cross section, with smooth side surfaces 16 and smooth top and bottom surfaces 17 and 18A-ev spjectively. j The bar may be formed of plastic, wood or any other suitable material and may be colored to enhance its'appearance. A hook 19 is provided midway the ends of the bar for supporting the bar from a supporting element. The shank 20 of the hook `is anchored in an opening 21 in the bar and is formed with a head 22 to prevent its withdrawal.

Garment clasping devices 23 are mounted on the upper surface 17, at the ends of the bar, for clasping the ends of a garment, such as a ladys dress or the like garment onto the bar. Each clasping device 23 preferably is formed of the same material as the bar and consists of an elongated plate 24, with flat upper and lower surfaces, superposed on the upper surface 17 of the bar 15 and aligned with the bar. A vertically disposed coiled spring 25 is interposed between the bar 15 and plate 24 outwardly of the 4midlength of the plate, one end of the spring being seated in a recess 26 in the bar 15 and the other end being seated in a similar recess 27 in the plate 24 and operating upon said plate to urge the outer end of the plate inwardly toward the bar 15 and the inner end of the plate outwardly away from the curved upper surface 17 of the bar as shown in Fig. 4, the coil spring 25 serving as a.

fulcrum point around which the plate tilts.

A nail or screw 28 extends through an opening 29 formed in the plate 24 midway its ends and is secured in the material of the bar 15. The opening 29 is formed with a curved notch 30 at its outer end, at one side thereof, to permit mo-vement of the plate in an arcuate direction, the diameter of the head 31 of the nail being sufficiently large to prevent withdrawal of the plate thereover. The nail also serves to guide the plate 24 in its movements. A bail 32 having its ends 33 loosely anchored in the side surfaces 16 of the supporting bar 15 is provided for swinging over the outer reduced end 34 of the plate for releasably holding the plate in inoperative position as shown at the right-hand side of Fig. l. The outer extremity of the reduced end 34 is curved as indicated at 35 to permit the bail to swing over said reduced end.

Midway the ends of the bar 15, there is provided a spring metal clamping device, indicated generally at 40. With reference to Figs. 5 and 6, this `clamping device fits over the bar 15 and has a fiat upper bight portion 41 and fiat sides 42 embracing the top and side sur- -faces 17 and 16, respectively, of the bar. Elongated curved arms 43 depend downwardly from the sides 42, said arms being closely spaced from each other midway their ends and being spaced further apart at their free ends. A flattened ring member 44 slidably embraces the curved arms and when slid outwardly of the midsection thereof is adapted to draw the outer free ends into closely spaced relation for clamping a portion of a garment therebetween, such as the top central edges of a ladys dress or the like. The clamping device is secured to the bar 15 by the shank 20 of the hook 19 passing through a hole 45 in the bight portion 41 thereof as shown in Fig. 5.

In use, with the clasping devices 23 in inoperative position as shown to'the right of Fig. l, the hanger may be grasped at one end, with one hand of the user, and with the other hand the top end of a garment, such as a ladys dress, may be slipped over the opposite end of the bar 15 between the bar and adjacent clasping plate 24, and with the fingers of the latter hand the holding bail 32 may be slipped off of the end of the plate 24, permitting the spring 29 to tilt the outer end of the plate outwardly away from the bar 15. and the inner end of the plate inwardly toward the bar over the interposed garment and into clamping engagement therewith with a snap action. The opposite end of the garment may be similarly mounted and clasped over the lopposite end Lof the bar.

of the curved arms 43 of the center clamping device 4t), after which the ring member 44 is slid outwardly over said free ends for clamping the interposed edges of the garment therebetween.

Each clasping plate 24 is preferably formed onV its inner surface with spaced grooves 46 which may be of various sizes, and the free ends ofthe curved arms 43 of the clamping device 40 are preferably formed with transverse indentations 47 to accommodate beads or other ornamental devices that might be used for decorating the interposed portions of the garment clasped therebetween and thus prevent damage thereto. Furthermore, one of the curved arms 43 is longer than the other with an enlargement 48 formed on the extreme end'of the shorter arm for gripping the material of the interposed garment and thereby more` eectively clamping the ment between the curved arms.

The clasping plate 24 is retracted to normal inoperative position as shown to the right of Fig. l by manually pressing down on the reduced end 34 thereof and slipping the ring 32 over said reduced end.

The moditied form of garment hanger shown in Fig. 7 is similar to the form just described, except that the central depending clamping device is omitted.

Referring now to the modified form of the invention shown in Figs. 8 to 10, inclusive, in this form a modified form of spring means for tilting and urging the clasping devices 23 into clasping condition is shown. The modified spring means each comprises a coil spring Si) disposed transversely and seated in a groove S1 in the upper surface 17 of the bar 15 at the adjacent end thereof. The outer convolution of the coil spring at one end thereof is extended as indicated at 52 tangentially of the coil and downwardly alongside one of the side surfaces 16 of the bar and terminates in a nger portion 53 bent at n right angles to the extension. Finger portion 53 is seated and anchored in a transverse groove 54 on the bottom surface 18 of the bar, thus securing the coil spring to the bar. The outer convolution of the spring at its opposite end is similarly formed with an extension 55 extending upward-ly and inwardly along the opposite side of the clasping plate 24. Extension 5S terminates in a finger piece 56 seated and anchored in a transverse groove 57 in the upper surface of the plate 24 on the opposite side of the nail 28'. The finger piece 56 holds the plate 24' tiltably on the bar 15', and normally presses the outer end of the plate 24' into engagement with the upper surface 17 of the bar 15'. The clasping devices 23 function similarly to clasping devices 23 of the forni of invention shown in Figs. l to 6, inclusive.

In all other respects the form of the invention shown in Figs. 8 to l0, inclusive, is similar to the form shown in Figs. l to 6, inclusive, and similar reference numerals are used to indicate similar parts.

In Fig. 1l, the garment hanger 59 is shown with a garment clasping device 60 with an opening 61 adapted to slide or rotate on a nail or screw 62. A coil spring 64 under the nail head 63 exerts a downward pressure on the upper surface 66 of the clasping device 60 in order to firmly grip the garment between the clasping device and the hanger 59. The garment may be released by turning the clasping device 60 on the nail 62 which acts as an axis. In this turned position, the garment is disengaged. A bail 67 is provided for swinging over the outer reduced end 68 of the clasping device 6b to keep the latter in locked position.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise constructions herein disclosed vand that various changes and modications may be made within the scope of the invention as dened in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

l. A garment hanger comprising a supporting bar, a garment clasping plate tiltably mounted on each end thereof, each plate having an opening midway its ends, a coil spring means associated with each clasping plate to tiltably urge said plate to clasping position, said coil spring means serving as a fulcrum around which the clasping plate is tilted, and a bail member swingably mounted on the bar and being adapted to engage the clasping plate to hold the same in inoperative position, and a nail extending from the supporting bar and extending ngh the opening in the adjacent plate for guiding the movements of said plate.

2. A garment hanger comprising a supporting bar, a garment clasping device tiltably mounted on each end thereof, cach clasping device including a plate member having an opening intermediate its ends, a coil spring interposed between the plate member and bar to tiltably urge said clasping device to clasping position, said coil spring serving as a fulcrum around which the plate member is tilted, a bail member swingably mounted on the bar and being adapted to engage the plate member to hold the same in inoperative position, a nail protruding from the bar and extending through the opening in said plate member for guiding the clasping device in its movement and for preventing detachment of the clasping device from the bar, and a hook protruding from the bar for attaching the hanger to a support'.

3. A garment hanger comprising a curved supporting bar, noncircular in cross section and having a recess in its upper surface adjacent each end thereof, a garment clasping device tiltably mounted on each end of the bar, each clasping device including a plate member having an opening therethrough midway its ends, a recess on its inner surface inwardly of the opening and a reduced inner end, a coil spring interposed between each plate member and the supporting bar, said spring having one end seated in the recess in the adjacent end of the bar and its other end seated in the recess in theplate member for urging said plate member to operative clasping position, a nail protruding from the bar adjacent each end thereof and extending through the opening in the adjacent plate member for guiding said plate member in its movements, and a bail swingably mounted on the bar at each end thereof and being adapted to swing over the reduced end of the adjacent plate member for releasably holding the clasping device in inoperative position.

4. A garment hanger comprising a curved supporting bar, noncircular in cross section, and having a recess in its upper surface adjacent each end thereof, a garment clasping device tiltably mounted on each end of the bar, each clasping device including a plate member having an opening therethrough midway its ends, a recess on its inner surface inwardly of the opening and a reduced inner end, a vertically disposed coil spring interposed between each plate member and the supporting bar, said spring having one end seated in the recess in the adjacent end of the bar and its other end seated in the recess in the plate member for urging said plate member to operative clasping position, a nail protruding from the bar adjacent each end thereof and extending through the opening in the adjacent plate member for guiding said plate member in its movements, and a bail swingably mounted on the bar at each end thereof and being adapted to swing over the reduced end of the adjacent plate member for releasably holding the clasping device in inoperative position, each plate member having spaced grooves in its inner surface for accommodating decorative devices on the garment n- .terposed between it and the bar.

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